UNH Professional Development & Training

09/09/2026

🆕 NEW WORKSHOP: How to Create & Design a Company Newsletter

Want to create company newsletters that are engaging, professional, and visually compelling? Learn how to turn your ideas into polished newsletters that inform, captivate, and reflect your organization’s brand.

In this hands-on workshop, you’ll explore:
✦ Newsletter strategy, content & audience
✦ Layout, typography, color & visual design
✦ Accessibility and best practices
✦ Print vs. digital newsletters
✦ Adobe InDesign, Photoshop & Illustrator
✦ Building a sample newsletter and reusable template

📅 November 17 & 24
💻 Live Online | 9:00 AM–12:00 PM ET
🎨 Instructor: Beverly Hodsdon

Whether you’re creating an internal newsletter or looking to strengthen your brand’s communications, this workshop will give you practical tools to create newsletters people want to read.

🔗 Explore the new workshop and register:

How to Create and Build a Company Newsletter

09/08/2026

🚀 Ready to elevate your leadership impact?

Join us for Leadership Excellence, a two-day immersive workshop designed for managers and experienced supervisors ready to lead with greater intention, build high-performing teams, and turn challenges into breakthroughs.

Learn practical strategies to:
✅ Set clear direction and align your team
✅ Build trust, accountability, and collaboration
✅ Drive continuous improvement and operational excellence

🗓️ October 19 & 26
⏰ 9:00 AM–3:30 PM
📍 Manchester
🗣️ Instructor: James McKim

Take your leadership to the next level. Register today! 🔗 https://training.unh.edu/leadership_excellence

09/08/2026

📚 Support student success through a trauma-informed lens.

Join Katie Pagnotta for A Trauma-Informed Lens for School Success (K-12) and gain practical, evidence-based strategies to support student regulation, behavior, mental health, belonging, and learning.

Explore the BBARS of Excellence framework and leave feeling empowered to better support both your students and yourself.

💻 Live Online | October 6
⏰ 9:00 AM–3:30 PM ET

Register today and strengthen your trauma-responsive practice! 🔗 https://training.unh.edu/IntegratingSEL

09/04/2026

📣 Just 2 weeks away!

Where do professionals go to practice communication? Athletes have practice fields. Actors have rehearsal rooms. Now, you have the Communication Dynamics Lab.

Join instructor Michael Cinquino in Portsmouth for a psychologically safe training experience where you’ll practice a simple, repeatable communication framework through exercises, feedback, and real-time learning.

Build communication skills you can use in team meetings, presentations, one-on-ones, performance conversations, and everyday workplace interactions.

🗓️ September 18 | 9:00 AM–3:30 PM

Register today 🔗

PD&T

09/03/2026

🌟 Coming up soon: The Voice of Today’s Woman Leader

Your voice has the power to build confidence, strengthen communication, and increase your influence. Join us for an interactive workshop designed to help women leaders identify and reframe the thoughts and behaviors that may be holding them back and step more fully into their leadership potential.

Explore communication dynamics, perceptions of power, emotional intelligence, and the mind-body connection with instructor Debra Schuler.

🗓️ September 15 | 9:00 AM–3:30 PM
📍 Portsmouth, NH

Ready to find your voice and amplify your impact? Learn more and register today! 🔗

Whether you are just beginning your woman leader journey or are a seasoned veteran, this workshop will help you leverage the power of your voice to increase self-confidence, improve communication and increase influence.

09/02/2026

🚀 Build in-demand skills in project management and process improvement!

Ready to take your professional skills to the next level? UNH Professional Development & Training offers two programs designed to help you lead more effectively and drive meaningful results:

📊 Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Certificate - Begins Oct 13
Learn proven Lean and Six Sigma methodologies to optimize business processes, reduce inefficiencies, and build a culture of continuous improvement. No prerequisites required!

📋 PMP Test Prep with PM-SM™ Certificate Program - Begins Oct 15
Prepare for the PMP® Exam while earning a Project Manager-Scrum Master™ Certificate. Develop a versatile approach to project leadership by combining traditional project management with Agile/Scrum practices.

Whether you're looking to improve processes or lead people and projects more effectively, these programs can help you build skills that make an impact.

Explore these opportunities and invest in your professional growth with UNH PD&T 🔗

Learn the latest project management methodology like Agile-Scrum and Lean Six Sigma, prepare to take the PMP test, practice Microsoft Project and more!

09/01/2026

🌎 Ready to take the first step toward a more sustainable future?

You don’t need to be a scientist or a math whiz to understand carbon footprinting. In Introduction to Carbon Footprinting, you’ll learn the fundamentals of greenhouse gas accounting, explore real-world case studies—including UNH’s carbon footprint—and gain an overview of how organizations measure and manage their GHG emissions.

💻 Live Online | September 22 & 24
⏰ 1–3 p.m. ET
🌱 Offered in partnership with the UNH Sustainability Institute

Build foundational skills that can help your organization or community move toward meaningful sustainability goals.

👉 Learn more and register today! 🔗

This introductory course will provide foundational knowledge on the process and benefits of conducting a GHG inventory.

08/26/2026

Rooted in Knowledge, Women Leading in Education 🌱

Ready to grow your confidence and take the next step in your leadership journey? Join fellow women in education for an interactive workshop focused on self-assessment, leadership readiness, goal-setting and building meaningful connections.

🗓️ Choose your date:
• September 30 — Manchester
• October 9 — Portsmouth

🕘 9:00 AM–3:30 PM
🎓 Instructor: Heidi O'Leary

Discover your leadership strengths, define your vision and leave with actionable strategies for success.
Register today 🔗

Rooted in Knowledge, Women Leading in Education

08/21/2026

Say less. Ask more.

What happens when leaders stop trying to have all the answers and start asking better questions?

UNH Certificate in Professional Coaching instructors Erica D’Eramo, Thea Charles, and Bob Greene explore that shift in a recent Two Piers Podcast episode covering curiosity, delegation, active listening, and creating space for better thinking.

🎧 Give it a listen 🔗 https://www.twopiersconsulting.com/episodes/2026/8/13/asking-better-questions-leadership-skill

If you're ready to build your coaching and leadership skills, the UNH Certificate in Professional Coaching Fall 2026 cohort begins September 22. Registration is open!

Explore how powerful questions help leaders delegate, build trust, support team development, improve communication, and create more ownership at work.

08/21/2026

New to graphic design or suddenly responsible for creating marketing materials for your organization? 🎨

“Introduction to Graphic Design” covers the fundamentals of design, composition, and typography while exploring both traditional and digital media. Build practical skills and learn how to turn creative ideas into effective visual solutions.

🗓️ Sept. 22 & 29 | 9 a.m.–12 p.m.
💻 Live Online

No previous Adobe experience required!

Learn more 👉

Introduction to Graphic Design